(Reuters) - Serena Williams sent down seven aces on her way to a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, setting up a mouth-watering quarter-final against defending champion Simona Halep.
"It'll be a really good match I think for both of us to kind of see where we want to be at this point in the year," top seed Williams told reporters of the showdown against the Romanian in California.
"I really like her game. I like how she's aggressive. She's a fighter. I definitely have to be ready."
The American world number one, a 21-time grand slam champion, is looking for her first title at Indian Wells since 2001.